Ladder attachment.



B. G. LARSON. LADDER ATTACHMENT.

ArrLIoA'rIon FILED In so, 1912.

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BENT G. LARSON, OF JAMESTOWN, NORTH- DAKOTA.

LADDER ATTACHMENT.

Toy all 'whom t may concern Be it known' that I, BENT G. Lansox, acitizen of thel United States, residing at Jamestown, vin the county ofStutsman and State of North Dakota, haveinvented a new and useful LadderAttachment, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to ladder attachments, for supporting paint pailsand paint brushes for painters use; and the object is to provide aneliicient device which may be readily adjusted at any desired height ona ladder and adapted to hold one or more paint pails and one or morepaint brushes above the paint pails, so that any paint dripping from thebrush will drip into the pail; and as the device supports several pailsand brushes, the operator may have the wall paint for a house in onepail and the triinining paint in the other pail and apply both colors ata single placing ofl the ladder and a single L'ip up and down the same.Much time is thereby saved, and further time is saved by finding thebrush always ready for use and not submerged in the paint in the paintpaileach time it has been idle while the other brush was in use. Time isalso saved by being able to support the brushes without rubbing thepaint out of them, as the paint will drip from them into the pails.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a front or outer side elevationof a portion of a ladder with my attachment adjusted on it and a paintpail and paint brush supported at one end thereof. Fig. 2 is an edgeview of the ladder shown in Fig. 1 and the attachment on same. Fig. 3 isa top view of what is shown in Fig. 1.

Referring .to the drawing by reference numerals, 1 designates the sidebars and 2 the rungs of any form of ladder. Ada ted to hang by hooks 3upon either one o thev rungs are two hangers 4, which extend downwardabout half way to the next rung below it, so as not to interfere withthe regular use of the steps or rungs. Said hangersI are slidable on ahorizontal bar 5, which bar rests against the outer inclined side of theladder when the latter leans against the building to -be painted. Theends of the bar 5 extend beyond the edges of the ladder and are eachprovided with a hook 6 for the support of the bail 7 of a paint pailsupported as the pail 8; and adjacent said hook is a V-shaped gap orgrip 9, in which Specication of Letters Patent.

Ylateucd Der.. 1.7. 1912.

Application filed May 20, 1912. Serial No. 698,668.

only one pail is in use suspended at one end of the device, I secure thebar 5 to the ladder by additional means, which in the present embodimentof the invention consists of a standing bolt 11 xed in each of theslidable arms 4; and upon each standing bolt a clamping arm 13 having ashort sleeve 12 to guide it on the bolt; and rearward of each clampingarm the boltis provided with a partly compressed coil spring 14 with awasher 15 and a thumb-nut 16, by which latter two elements the tensionof the spring is regulated.

I n the operation or use of the device, the painter may suspend one ormore paint pails and brushes on the device either before or aftermounting the device on the ladder, in either case he walks up the ladderto the desired height, places the hooks 3 upon one of the rungs, nearthe uprights ofthe ladder whether the ladder 'is wide or narrow; he thenadjusts the clamps 13v and nuts 16 so as to' hold the device with thenecessary firmness to the ladder. After the tension of the springs 14isregulated for a certain ladder according to the thickness of its sidebars, the nuts 16 remain unchanged and the springs are simply compressedby the clamping arms in swinging the latter into and out ladder.

2. A ladder attachment comprising a bar adapted to. extend acrossaladder and beyond the edges thereof, each end of the bar having a hookadapted to receive the bail of a paint pail, and adjacent such hook aV-shaped notch adapted to hold a paint brush above the pailsuspendedfrom the hook, and means for holding the bar to the ladder;said means comprising hooks adapted to take over the upper side of arung of the ladder. y

3. A ladder attachment comprisin a bar adapted to be secured across alad er and extend beyond the same, each end of the bar having a hookadapted to receive the bail of a-paint pot, and a V-shaped gap adjacentthereto for holding a paint brush, and means for holding the bar to theladder, said holding means comprising spring-closed clamps ada ted totake over the side bars of the lad er, and means for regulating thetension of the springs of said clamps.

4. A ladder attachment comprising a bar adapted tol be secured acrossa'ladder and extend beyond the same, each end of the bar having meansfor supporting a paintl pail and a paint brush above the pail, and meansfor holding said bar to the ladder; said means conslsting of two hangersslidable on the bar and provided with hooks adapted to take over the toof one of the rungs of the ladder, and c amps carried by the hangers forengaging the side bars of the ladder and pinch it against the crossingbar', whereby said bar forms one j aW of each clamp.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

' BENT G. LARsoN..

Witnesses:

J. F. BOLINGER, GEORGE HARREN.

